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South Sudan's Minister for Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau (L) prepares to press button to resume oil production May 5, 2013, Paloch, South Sudan

A South Sudanese man beams during a celebration to mark the resumption, after a 16-month break, of oil production at Paloch oil field on Sunday, May 5, 2013.

Pipelines criss-cross at the Paloch oil field in South Sudan on Sunday, May 5, 2013, when production resumed at the facility after a 16-month break.

South Sudanese Minister for Petroleum and Mining Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau pushes a button Sunday, May 5, 2013, to resume production at the Paloch oil field in Upper Nile state, after a 16-month hiatus.

South Sudanese Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau cuts the ribbon at Paloch oil field, where hydrocarbon production resumed on Sunday, May 5, 2013, after a 16-month break.

South Sudanese celebrate the resumption of oil production at Paloch oil field, the new nation's largest facility, on Sunday, May 5, 2013.